Diego Costa Scores Crazy Own Goal In Match Against Barcelona
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid played out a 2-2 draw on Tuesday. Diego Costa opened up the scoring in the 11th minute with an unfortunate own goal.
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Messi Scores 700th Goal As Barca Takes Hit To Title Hopes In Draw With Atleti
BARCELONA — Barcelona gave up more ground to Real Madrid in LaLiga's title race on Tuesday after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to Atletico Madrid as a late penalty from Saul Niguez canceled out Lionel Messi's 700th career goal.
The draw meant the Catalans stayed second in the standings on 70 points and leaders Real Madrid, who have 71, will go four points clear at the top with five games left if they beat Getafe at home on Thursday.
Quique Setién Will Reportedly Be Fired At End Of Season As Xavi’s Era Approaches
Barcelona coach Quique Setién has said he does not always see eye-to-eye with his squad as their LaLiga title bid threatens to unravel following Saturday's 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo.
Second-placed Barça trail Real Madrid by two points with six games to go and face a grueling match at home to third-placed Atlético Madrid on Tuesday which they need to win to stay in close contention in the title race.
"It's true that you often have arguments with players as you do in everyday life and that's nothing new," Setién told a virtual news conference on Monday.
Lionel Messi Surprised Everyone With Assist Only Luis Suarez Was Expecting
Celta Vigo had 11 players behind the ball as Lionel Messi set up for a free kick just outside the box. Everyone expected the Argentine to shoot. Instead he picked out Luis Suarez with a pinpoint assist. Despite the impressive Messi assist to Suarez, however, Celta Vigo nicked a 2-2 draw to further hamper Barcelona’s title hopes on Saturday.
The Blaugrana looked strong for much of the match, especially when Messi set up a go-ahead goal in the 20th minute.
Soccer Players Who Could Totally Dominate In Other Sports
In the U.S. there have been several star athletes who managed to go professional in two different sports. Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders stick out for their abilities to be dominant in football and baseball. Even Michael Jordan tried his hand in baseball. While the majority of soccer players aren’t exactly known for their abilities with their hands, that doesn’t mean some of Europe’s best couldn’t succeed elsewhere.
Here is a list of top soccer players that could succeed in another sport.
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LaLiga Seeking Criminal Action Against Pitch Invader During Barcelona Match Played Behind Closed Doors
MALLORCA — LaLiga's organising body has said it is filing for criminal action against the man who ran on to the pitch during Real Mallorca's behind-closed-doors match against Barcelona on Saturday to try to get a photo with Lionel Messi.
The fan, wearing an Argentina shirt with Messi's name and number 10 on the back, breached strict security measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus by going onto the pitch early in the second half.
He’s Back — Messi Returns To Pitch With A Goal, Two Assists And A Cute New Haircut
Lionel Messi set up two goals and scored one himself as Barcelona returned to the pitch and returned to the win column on Saturday. Three months after LaLiga halted play due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Blaugrana had few problems beating relegation-threatened Mallorca 4-0.
Messi was in the middle of three of the four goals and debuted his adorable new quarantine haircut.
Cristiano Ronaldo Is Football’s First Billionaire, So Where’s Messi?
Cristiano Ronaldo is officially the highest paid footballer of all time.
The Juventus star eclipsed $1 billion in pre-tax career earnings in 2019, the first soccer player to accomplish the feat, according to Forbes.
Lionel Messi Says ‘Football, Like Life, Will Never Be The Same’
Barcelona star forward Lionel Messi said that both life and soccer have forever been changed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 is responsible for the deaths of 370,000 people worldwide as of Sunday afternoon. It has also wreaked havoc with the sports landscape for much of 2020.
LaLiga, Spain's top-flight soccer league, is set to resume on June 11, albeit without fans in the stands. The first match on the slate will feature the Seville derby between Real Betis and Sevilla.